SSEEPPTTEEMMBBEERR 22001111 The Official Newsletter of the Gold Coast Tweed Motorsporting Club Inc.

Welcome to the September newsletter and remember the club will be meeting on Wednesday, the 21st of September, at the Mudgeeraba Showgrounds from 7.30pm (Gold Coast UBD, Page 47, Q-13).

Mikko Hirvonen & win Rally Photo taken from www.abc.net.au/news

Gold Coast Tweed Motorsporting Club – September 2011 Page 1 of 12 GOLD COAST TWEED MOTORSPORTING CLUB (INC.) 2011 COMMITTEE

President: ……………………Peter Preston - 0412 487 329 (M)

Vice President: ……………...Jason Ruse

Secretary/Membership: ...... Bob Bowden

Treasurer: ……………………Simon Petty

Club Patron: ……………….…Alan Jones MBE

Club Captain: ………………..Tony Taylor

Points Scorer: ………………. Matt Linning & Lynne Taylor

CAMS Delegate: ………….....Bruce Hodgson: 0408159 515

Club Equipment Trailer: ……. Peter Preston (24 Hours Notice Please)

Club Historian: ……………….Mick Bruce

Web Site Editors:…………….Denis Baker & Shaun Brown

Newsletter: ………………..…Thomas Rosengreen ([email protected])

Web Address:………………..www.gctmc.org.au

Postal Address:………………PO Box 8582 BUNDALL QLD 4217

Please consult the GCTMC Inc website for up to date event information, news and club activities. The Club Membership Form can be found attached to this edition and also on the GCTMC Home page.

Khanacross #3 – 25 September 2011

The third GCTMC Khanacross of the year is to be held this weekend at the Tanah Kita Nursery, Yawalpah Rd, Pimpama. You can get the Supp Regs and Entry Form from the GCTMC website. Remember to bring your CAMS licence, CTP extension, sunscreen, water, hat and don’t be late as entries close at 8.30am.

October Nav Run – Kate Bruce

Hi Guys

As previously discussed, we are running the nav run for the local Rotary Club on Sunday October 16. Anyone from the car club wishing to participate is welcome to. Cost is $15 per person which includes food and drink at the pit stop. Anyone requiring further information can contact us on: [email protected] or Mick 0416 140 948.

Thanks

Kate

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RALLY OF FINLAND – BEST RALLY IN THE WORLD – Ron King

I took the opportunity to join 10 other Aussies and Kiwis to go to the Rally of Finland this year, which has been high on my bucket list since watching videos of this amazing event since the early 80’s.

Our group arranged by Rally Sport News, were part of the Brendan Reeves supporters club and we were joined by 50 other rally enthusiasts from Rallytravel.Com, on the bus mainly from the UK but from all countries around the world.

We all met at Helsinki on the Wednesday and after a pleasant day of sight seeing were bused up to Jyvaskyla for the rally.

I expected the rally action to be hot, but I was not ready for the 30deg C, 99% humidity, I did not even bring shorts and I didn’t need a jumper or jacket for the who trip. Apparently it was even hotter last year and the Finns only get a few weeks of these temps every year. Only problem was none of the Hotels and airports had air-conditioning!

The Rally

We ( and about 6000 other spectators ) went to watch the crews practice on Thursday morning around a special forestry Road with jumps etc and I noticed straight away how much traction there was in the dirt roads in Finland. The sand was course and there was no sign of clay anywhere, so even the top crews had to increase their entry speed into corners as they were backing off too soon then having to power on again before the right angle corner I was standing at. Most drivers took 3 runs before they had the speed right into the corner, Speaking with Brendan Reeves later in the rally he said the same, that he could have gone faster through the corners as there was plenty of traction.

We went back to HQ at Jyvaskyla were we met Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Smyth ( his sister ), they were doing a photo shoot in the “ Family room “ were the young WRC Academy entrants

Gold Coast Tweed Motorsporting Club – September 2011 Page 3 of 12 in the Ford Festivas 1600 front wheel drive cars, were asked to sit in the children’s toy cars, it was a laugh but to me they all looked like kids anyway, ( I must be getting old ). I mentioned to Brendan I used to compete against his dad Mike Reeves who was a Victorian Rally Champ. We also ran into Molly Taylors Mum, Coral, who was there to support the other Aussie entrant in the WRC Academy class.

I must mention that the Family room was a great thing as children could play in the toy cars and watch their rally heroes on the big screens while the parents had a cup of coffee and watched them, something for Rally Aus to consider, get the kids interested in .

The Rally spectator points were idyllic with thousands of Finnish fans in the beautiful forests and roads to rave about.

On the Saturday stages our group was treated to the sight of Loeb ( first car on the road ), at maximum attack, putting a gap between him and Ogier, which he did. Ogier was clawing back, but a puncture put paid to his run.

I must say I love the current WRC cars, they are light nimble, about 300 BHP from the 1600 turbo motor, ( that’s enough! ) they are about as wide as they are long, great formula.

There was about 40 WRC cars, and about 30, S2000 cars which are also a great formula to watch, followed by about 50 PRC and Evos which is not my favorite formula, but it was great to see Hayden Padon in the PRC win the class for the Third time, I then watched him win the PRC class for the 4th time in the Rally Aus to take the award, this young Kiwi can really drive, well done.

At the same spectator point, when the 160 cars in the WRC event went through, there was a 20 min wait for the Historic Rally, I kept an eye on the crowd around and behind and not one person left.

Gold Coast Tweed Motorsporting Club – September 2011 Page 4 of 12 There was about 87 classic / historic cars and it was great, they put on a great display for the rally fans. I spotted an ex Competitor from Victoria in a Mk2 Escort, Ernie Graham, he was still in an Mk2 Escort and putting on a great display. When I got home I looked up my rally results and the last time I competed against Ernie was in 1990 in the Kanga Trial, ( he crashed out, we came 3rd O right ). But when I blurted out at the spectator point that I knew Ernie, they just said, sure you did Ronny.

Bad news was there was only one Datsun in the whole field, a Datsun 100E? a Datsun I never seen or heard of before, it looked like a rear wheel drive 1983 Pulsar!

While I am talking about this spectator point I must mention the open air urinal, which was located about 3m from a Porta Loo where many ladies were lined up, watching the men at the Urinal.

I could not line up with girls for the loo as they would have pushed me out as they were all bustin, so I had no option but to point percy at the open air plastic tank with holes in the sides.

I took a photo as you would not believe me otherwise, notice how it was placed in the open not out back.

We all went back to the lovely town of Jyvaskyla for the final held on a ski slope and then the ceremonial finish, a great end to what must be the best rally in the world.

Cheers Ron King

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Cars for Sale – Cars taken from http://www.my105.com

Subaru Impreza 22B STI

Genuine 1998 model sti 22b, very rare collectable, Imported for race/rally use, can have permit registration, build 46 of 400 made, has service books & homologation papers from Subaru japan, more photos & video available upon request $39,000 Night Time Phone: 0402317513 State: South Australia Post Code: n/a Country: Australia

Subaru Impreza WRX STI

Competitive CAMS log booked dedicated rally car, high quality build by Flood Motorsport, full cage, seam welded/reinforced. Motec M800. Completed 3 Targa rallies. Low K's and many other items and spares, in exc condition, always garaged. Price is ONO and includes delivery to Syd, Melb or Adelaide

Day Time Phone: 0417 187 464 Night Time Phone: n/a State: PostCode: n/a Country: Australia

Nissan Pulsar Gti-R

Best Pulsar in Australia. Motec, M4 Pro, GpA rods, NME GpA magnesium sump and pump, NME centre and rear viscous diffs, Titanium/Stainless exhaust, Modena straight cut box with bronze selectors, Modena Torsen front diff, camber tops, Davis susp Porsche Brembo radial mount brakes. Truck load of spares

Day Time Phone: 03 9775 0133 Night Time Phone: n/a State: Victoria PostCode: 3201 Country: Australia

Gold Coast Tweed Motorsporting Club – September 2011 Page 6 of 12 Rally Australia 2011 – taken from Wikipedia on the 19/09/11

The 2011 Rally Australia was the tenth round of the 2011 season. The rally took place over 8–11 September, and was based in , a coastal city in the New South Wales state of Australia. The rally was also the fifth round of the Production World Rally Championship. Rally Australia returned to the WRC calendar after a year's hiatus, and after demonstrations marred the 2009 running of the rally, held north of Coffs Harbour in the Northern Rivers area. Residents' concerns for the event meant that the rally was moved for the foreseeable future to Coffs Harbour.

Ford World Rally Team's took his third successive Rally Australia victory, after team‐ mate Jari‐Matti Latvala slowed tactically on the penultimate stage, in order to aid Hirvonen's chances for the drivers' championship title. The Ford drivers had moved into the top two placings on the opening day of the rally after Citroën's Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier both had to retire from the day's proceedings and return to the rally the following day under the SupeRally regulations. Loeb recovered to score a tenth place finish with the Power Stage victory, to extend his championship by four points over Ogier, who finished eleventh.

Petter Solberg finished third behind the Ford pairing, 44.8 seconds in arrears, but finished over seven minutes clear of the fourth‐placed driver , who matched his career‐best placing from in 2007. scored a career‐best fifth place, ahead of a quartet of PWRC competitors. was the best of the PWRC competitors with sixth place overall, securing his fourth PWRC victory in succession, and the championship title as Martin Semerád – who elected not to compete at the event – could only tie Paddon on points and lose on countback. Michał Kościuszko, Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. and Benito Guerra also scored overall championship points by finishing in the top ten.

Ogier missed a golden opportunity to capitalise on Loeb’s early roll and finishing in 11th overall

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Pratten Park Sports Day, Broadbeach – Denis Baker

Rain threatened but the event went ahead under sunny skies, thank god. The concept was for sport minded people to come along and try different sports from basketball to gymnastics. Next time we have to be able to do a demo motorkhana so that people can ride in the car.

We had Jason Ruse's Stanza junior development car, Colin Uren in the Cortina MKII Rally car, Tony Taylor in the Celica and the GTiR rally car of the Dewald Myberg. The event organisers also arranged for Jamie Wincup to come along to sign posters and do so at our stand which created a bit of a buzz. Several families showed interest in the Junior drive type events and will consider coming along to the club. Therefore we need another come and try day.

Jamie Whincup signs autographs at the GCTMC stand a few weeks ago

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CAMS BOARD BRIEF - BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING (No. 246)

The CAMS Board convened a meeting in Sydney on Friday, 16 September 2011 at 09:30.

RALLY AUSTRALIA The Board received an update on the success of the World Rally Championship Australian stage, held in Coffs Harbour on 8-11 September 2011.

SPORTING DELEGATIONS The Board approved the delegation of sport power for 2012 to: • ANDRA – Drag Racing; • AKA – Karting; and • Speedway Australia – Speedway Racing.

HONOURS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE The Board confirmed details of the Peter Brock Medal and look forward to receiving a report from the Honour s and Awards Committee on the nominations for this inaugural medal.

The Honours and Awards Committee have created, and had approved by the Board, a ‘Presidential Commendation’, that is provided at the discretion of the President of CAMS and awarded to individuals in unique and extraordinary circumstances and where no other award is considered to be applicable.

The Board noted that the nominations for 2011 CAMS Awards are currently being called for, and encouraged the members to ensure they acknowledge outstanding contributions to motorsport by submitting nominations by 30 September 2011.

Link to Honours and Awards Nominations (http://www.cams.com.au/About/Honours_and_Awards/Nominations.aspx)

COME AND TRY POLICY UPDATE The Board approved a recommendation from the Australian Rally Commission that Rally be included in the CAMS come and Try Policy, the Policy will be updated to allow for a Come and Try event limited to a single state with a distance of less than 3km.

FIA ACTION FOR ROAD SAFETY - V8 SUPERCAR HERO’S CHALLENGE UPDATE The Board received an update of the success of the V8 Supercars Heroes Challenge – a joint initiative between CAMS, V8 Supercars and the RACQ launched at Coates Hire Ipswich 300, 19-21 August 2011. The Facebook based game, invited the public to ‘be part of a V8 Supercar Pit Crew’ and promoted road safety through interactive questions – with the correct answers and the fastest pit stop combining to win prizes for the participants. With outstanding support from the all V8 Supercar drivers, the broadcast commentary team and V8 Supercars Heroes Challenge ambassadors Garth Tander and Shane Van Gisbergen the game was played more than 26,000 times.

CORPORATE SERVICES REPORT The Board reviewed and noted the year to date financial performance of the Organisation.

PRESENTATION FROM THE AUSTRALIAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION The Board welcomed a presentation from the AAA CEO Andrew McKeller on the national Keys2Drive road safety initiative, before CAMS presented to the AAA a updated overview of our organisation, this meeting continues to develop the important relationship between Australian’s two FIA delegated authorities for mobility and sport.

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2001010 FFIAIA WWRCRC SStarttart DDatesates

1. – 12/02/2011 (1st – Mikko Hirvonen – Ford Fiesta RS)

2. – 03/03/2011 (1st – Sebastien Loeb – Citroen DS3)

3. – 24/03/2011 (1st – Sébastien Ogier – Citroen DS3)

4. – 14/04/2011 (1st – Sébastien Ogier – Citroen DS3)

5. Rally Sardegna – 05/05/2011 (1st – Sebastien Loeb – Citroen DS3)

6. – 26/05/2011 (1st – Sebastien Loeb – Citroen DS3)

7. – 16/06/2011 (1st – Sébastien Ogier – Citroen DS3)

8. – 28/07/2011 (Sebastien Loeb – Citroen DS3)

9. Rally Deutschland – 20/08/2011 (1st – Sebastien Loeb – Citroen DS3)

10. Rally Australia – 08/09/2011 (1st – Mikko Hirvonen – Ford Fiesta RS)

11. Rally de Espana – 22/10/2011

12. Rally of Great Britain – 11/11/2011

Points: 1st Loeb 196 - 2nd Hirvonen 181 - 3rd Ogier 167 - 4th Latvala 116 - 5th P Solberg 110

2001010 AARCRC SStarttart DDatesates

1. Quit Forest Rally (WA) – 15/04/2011 (1st – Ryan Smart – Corolla)

2. International Rally (QLD) – 13/05/2011 (1st – Ryan Smart – Toyota Corolla)

3. Scouts Rally SA – 30/07/2011 (1st – Justin Dowel – Lancer EVO IX)

4. Rally Australia (NSW)– 08/09/2011 (1st – Steven Shepheard – Lancer EVO X)

5. Rally Victoria – 12/11/2011

Points: 1st Smart 251 - 2nd Dowel 127 - 3rd M Pedder 187 - 4th Shepheard 162 - 5th Evans 140

2001010 FFIAIA FF11 DDatesates

1. Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne) – 27/03/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

2. Malaysian Grand Prix (Kuala Lumpur) – 10/04/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

3. Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai) – 17/04/2011 (1st – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes)

4. Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul) – 08/05/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

5. Spanish Grand Prix, (Catalunya) – 22/05/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

6. Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo) – 29/05/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

7. Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal) – 12/06/2011 (1st – Jenson Button – McLaren-Mercedes)

8. European Grand Prix (Valencia, Spain) - 26/06/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

9. British Grand Prix (Silverstone) – 10/07/2011 (1st – Fernando Alonso – Ferrari)

10. German Grand Prix, (Hockenheim) – 24/07/2011 (1st – Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes)

11. Hungarian Grand Prix, (Budapest) – 31/07/2011 (1st – Jenson Button – McLaren-Mercedes)

12. Belgian Grand Prix, (Spa-Francorchamps) – 29/08/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

113.3. Italian Grand Prix, (Monza) – 11/09/2011 (1st – Sebastian Vettel – Red Bull-Renault)

114.4. SSingaporeingapore GGrandrand PPrix,rix, ((Singapore)Singapore) – 225/09/205/09/2011

115.5. JJapaneseapanese GGrandrand PPrix,rix, ((Suzuka)Suzuka) – 009/10/20119/10/2011

116.6. KKoreanorean GGrandrand PPrix,rix, ((Yeongam)Yeongam) – 116/10/20116/10/2011

117.7. IIndianndian GGrandrand PPrix,rix, ((GreaterGreater NNoida)oida) – 330/10/20110/10/2011

18. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, (Yas Marina) – 13/11/2011

19. Brazilian Grand Prix, (Sao Paulo) – 27/11/2011

Points: 1st Vettel 284 - 2nd Alonso 172 - 3rd Button 167 - 4th Webber 167 - 5th Hamilton 158

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Funnies

Potentially and Realistically

A young boy went up to his father and asked him, "Dad, what is the difference between potentially and realistically?" The father thought for a moment, then answered, "Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars, and then, ask your brother if he'd sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Come back and tell me what you learned from that." So the boy went to his mother and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?" The mother replied, "Of course I would! We could really use that money to fix up the house and send you kids to a great University!" The boy then went to his sister and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?" The girl replied, "Oh my God! I LOVE Brad Pitt I would sleep with him in a heartbeat, are you nuts?" The boy then went to his brother and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?" "Of course," the brother replied. "Do you know how much a million bucks could buy?" The boy pondered the answers for a few days and then went back to his dad. His father asked him, "Did you find out the difference between potentially and realistically?" The boy replied, "Yes, potentially, you and I are sitting on three million dollars, but realistically, we're living with two hookers and a homo."

Pirates Hook

A man is talking to a Pirate in a bar. He asks the Pirate about his peg leg. "I got me peg leg after a shark bit me leg off when I fell into the sea". He asks the Pirate about the hook where his left hand used to me. "I was in a sword fight and the rapscallion cut me hand off… so I got me hook". He asks the Pirate about his eye patch. "Aye. That was the result of a Sea Gull pooping in me eye". The man says "Sea Gull poop does that?". The Pirate replies "No, but that happened the day after I got me hook"

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CLUB MEMBERSHIP FORM

Gold Coast Tweed Motorsporting Club Inc.

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